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The following are examples and links to digital artefacts that will help support students learning and make real world connections in the classroom.

Web 2.0 tools - links to websites

http://www.web20atschool.net/web/ - this is also a site you can follow on twitter.

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

The top ten web 2.0 tools for kids

Vocaroo Easy tool for recording sound and embedding into websites. Link: http://www.vocaroo.com Why it matters - easy integration of speech (or other sounds) is especially useful for young learners who may not be fluent or capable readers.

FlickrStorm Easy to use tool for gathering Creative Commons images for student use. Link: http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ Why it matters - teachers can search Creative Commons images and collect them to share safely with students. Provides safe access to images for use in student work. Images are critical to students, especially in this age group.

Storybird Tool for creating on-line "books" which can be collaborative in nature. link: http://storybird.com Why it matters -Ease of collaboration with others. Wide variety of illustrations are available to use. Students work to create the stories for the images they choose.

Kerpoof Interactive creative tool. Create "movies", scenes, and more. Link: www.kerpoof.com Why it matters - young learners can create a variety of products with appropriate elements (perspective, etc.) and learn beginning skills for future video and audio editing and more.

SimplyBox Bookmarking tool which creates an easy, graphical representation of websites which can be navigated by non-readers and easily accessed by teachers and students. Link: http://simplybox.com Why it matters - ease of collection of good sites, ease of sharing and the ability for even young students to use these as access points to websites. Example: http://simplybox.com/public/?id=27729

Skype! link: http://www.skype.com Why? COMMUNICATION and Connecting with the REAL world! Video window: Resources: Skype with Authors http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

Glogster (edu) link: http://edu.glogster.com Why? Interactive "posters" in a private or public world... GREAT way to share information, ideas, and thoughts. Why it matters - Easiest tool for combining multiple media in one on-line page. Simple tools for teacher and student comments on work.

VoiceThread! link: http://voicethread.com Why? Meaningful discussion of images and concepts - through voice or through writing. Use of images to provoke thought and discussion.

Examples:

http://voicethread.com/#q.b80590.i411457

http://voicethread.com/#q.b119840.i725961

http://voicethread.com/#q.b4973.i38883

Blogs!

Why? Versatility, powerfully engaging, authentic audience and authentic purpose. A FEW examples…(I had a hard time choosing) Kindergarten: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141 Grade one: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 Grade Two: http://2mgems.blogspot.com/

Teacher Blogs: http://chalkdust101.wordpress.com/ More Class Blogs: http://starsofbroadway.blogspot.com/ and http://wwwmrshumphreys3d.blogspot.com/ and http://upperhouse.edublogs.org/ Tools: Kidblog: www.kidblog.org Blogger: www.blogger.com Class Blogmeister: http://classblogmeister.com/index.php 21Classes: http://www.21classes.com/ Gaggle: https://www.gaggle.net Yola: http://www.yola.com

Wikis! Why? Versatility! They can be anything and do almost anything! A few examples – focus on different uses –https://monsterproject.wikispaces.com/Mrs.+Valentine%27s+2nd –http://responsibilities.wikispaces.com/ –http://terrythetennisball.wikispaces.com/ –http://room2-wiki6.wikispaces.com/ Tools: –http://www.wetpaint.com –http://pbworks.com/ –http://www.wikispaces.com

For Special Consideration:

Podomatic link: http://www.podomatic.com Uses? Students reading spelling words (giving the test?), as avatars, narrators to blogs and wikis ...

Voki link: http://www.voki.com Uses? Students reading spelling words (giving the test?), as avatars, narrators to blogs and wikis ...

Create a Graph! Link: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx Why? Tool which makes data and graphing easy to demonstrate and easy to create... encourages polling and graphing and numbers all in one and it is reliable!

Yola link: http://yola.com Great, easy and beautiful websites - hosted here or on your own place...

Bubbl.us Link: http://bubbl.us  Easy-to-use mind mapping online tool which allows for collaboration and saving and sharing of the "maps"

Animoto Link: http://animoto.com Cool tool for creating image-rich multimedia "shows" with jump cuts and flips etc.

And also: Read The Words (it reads the words...): http://www.readthewords.com/ LetterPop (simple newsletter templates and tools): http://letterpop.com Moourl (url shortener): http://moourl.com Drop.io File Sharing and storage: http://drop.io TinyPaste (share snippets of text via link): http://tinypaste.com/ Wordle (make word clouds): http://wordle.net Jing: http://www.jingproject.com

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